Biography
The Mississippi-born Deundraeus Portis, pka Twysted Genius, broke through this year with Lil Babyâs Platinum-selling #1 Billboard 200 album My Turn, on which Twysted co-wrote and produced âEmotionally Scarred, â âSum 2 Prove, â âLive Off My Closet (feat. Future), â and âForever (feat. Lil Wayne).â My Turn spent five non-consecutive weeks at #1, also topping the Top Rap Albums and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. The Platinum-certified âEmotionally Scarredâ and âSum 2 Proveâ were released as singles, peaking at #31 and #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, respectively. The success of these cuts landed Twysted a spot on Billboard’s most recent Publisher’s Quarterly, coming in at #10, with 0.72% of total U.S. Market Share, an amazing feat for an individual. Meanwhile, in March, he soared ...
The Mississippi-born Deundraeus Portis, pka Twysted Genius, broke through this year with Lil Babyâs Platinum-selling #1 Billboard 200 album My Turn, on which Twysted co-wrote and produced âEmotionally Scarred,â âSum 2 Prove,â âLive Off My Closet (feat. Future),â and âForever (feat. Lil Wayne).â My Turn spent five non-consecutive weeks at #1, also topping the Top Rap Albums and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. The Platinum-certified âEmotionally Scarredâ and âSum 2 Proveâ were released as singles, peaking at #31 and #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, respectively. The success of these cuts landed Twysted a spot on Billboard’s most recent Publisher’s Quarterly, coming in at #10, with 0.72% of total U.S. Market Share, an amazing feat for an individual. Meanwhile, in March, he soared to #1 on Billboardâs Hot 100 Producers Chart. His works have been streamed over 230 million times on Spotify and have racked up over 250 million views on YouTube. My Turn was named one of Billboardâs, Complexâs and Uproxxâs Best Albums of 2020 so far, and the album peaked at #6 in the UK.
Managed by Quality Control Music, and currently based in Atlanta, Twysted has produced for other Quality Control roster talent including City Girls. He has upcoming cuts with fellow Reservoir rostermate Young Thug, plus Future, Gucci Mane, YFN Lucci, OMB Peezy, YBN Almighty Jay, Bankroll Freddy, Plies, Lil Durk, Von, and Pee Wee LongWay, among others, in the works.
âIâm so excited about this partnership with Twysted and Reservoir and to see a team who believes in him as much as we do,â said Quality Control CEO, Pierre âPâ Thomas. âTo watch him come from nothing and put in the work and time to a year later heâs got some of the biggest songs in the game is truly a blessing. Heâs so young and talented and we all canât wait to see him become the huge force in music that we all clearly see he will be.â
âWhat Twysted has accomplished in such a short time is a real indication of his immense talent,â said Reservoir SVP of A&R and Catalog Development Faith Newman. âHis much-celebrated work with Lil Baby cemented him as a sought-after collaborator and itâs only the start of what is to come.â
âItâs unheard of for an individual producer in his first year in the business to land on Billboardâs Publisherâs Quarterly, but that just speaks to Twystedâs skill,â added Reservoir President and COO Rell Lafargue. âWeâre looking forward to many more âfirstsâ together.â